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Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, to the south-east of New Guinea, with the subsequent visits to the same lands by English navigators, who gave them new names : to which is prefixed, an historical abridgement of the voyages and discoveries of the Spaniards in the same seas / by M. ***... ; translated from the French.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio DU850 .F613 1791
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fleurieu, C. P. Claret (Charles Pierre Claret), comte de, 1738-1810.
- Standardized Title:
- Découvertes des françois, en 1768 & 1769, dans le sud-est de la Nouvelle Guinée. English. 1791
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Discoveries in geography.
- Vanuatu--Discovery and exploration.
- Vanuatu.
- Solomon Islands--Discovery and exploration.
- Solomon Islands.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bonnell, Henry H. (autograph) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 323 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 12 folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps. ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for John Stockdale ..., 1791.
- Notes:
- M. *** = Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu. Cf. Halkett & Laing.
- Translation of: Découvertes des françois, en 1768 & 1769, dans le sud-est de la Nouvelle Guinée.
- "Appendix: Extract from a memoir concerning the existence and situation of Solomon's Islands, presented to The Royal Academy of Sciences, Jan. 9, 1781 / by M. Buache": p. 309-323.
- OCLC:
- 187420198
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